[SUPERDUKE]

MY GOOD FRIEND AND EX TEAMATE IS 79 THE 1973 USAC SPRINT CAR CHAMPION! HAD LUNCH WITH ROLLIE MONDAY IN LEESBURG FL. HIS WINTER HOME THEN BACK TO TOLEDO IN APRIL! ONE OF THE NICEST MEN AND A GREAT RACE DRIVER DIRT OR PAVEMANT! PLAYS GOLF OR FISH'S EVERY DAY! IN GREAT SHAPE! A TRUE GENTELMAN!:applaud:

Rollie is a racing icon! Not only is he the ultimate racer...he was one of the best USAC Officials to ever walk the pit area!!!! We need more people like Rollie! Happy B-day Rollie and many more to come!

[SteveE]

Happy Birthday Rollie!!!!!

[ColoradoFan]

Rollie is for sure a fine gentleman. He also was the kind of race car driver that you could run it in the corner side by side with and know he would race you clean. Without doing a lot of research, he may have won more USAC features, 30, than anyone in the same car when he drove the Rodeo Bar car for Ron Killman.
Rollie shares his birthday, January 16, with another pretty good dirt track racer A. J. Foyt. I'm actually old enough to have seen the two of them in the same sprint car race.
I always look forward to our annual trip to Ohio to visit family because it includes a visit with Rollie and Anna Mae as well. Usually there is an opportunity to visit Donnie Harrell's shop to see what restoration project he and Rollie and some other old timers are working on. This is where the Rodeo Bar car was restored along with several others.
Duke, I wish I could be as slim as Rollie when I'm his age :thumb

[Midwest Connection]

Happy Birthday Rollie!!! Rollie Beale is by all means an American "True Grit" open wheel racing veteran, legend, champion, and friend.

Have a good day...see you at the races

Rich - Arnold, Missouri

Rollie Beale at the 2008 Jackson Motor Speedway Reunion


l-r: Rollie Beale, Cliff Harris, Marty Blume. Rollie, Cliff, Marty and I took one more lap around the Jackson Motor Speedway in 2008.

[SUPERDUKE]

Originally Posted by coloradofan rollie is for sure a fine gentleman. He also was the kind of race car driver that you could run it in the corner side by side with and know he would race you clean. Without doing a lot of research, he may have won more usac features, 30, than anyone in the same car when he drove the rodeo bar car for ron killman. Rollie shares his birthday, january 16, with another pretty good dirt track racer a. J. Foyt. I'm actually old enough to have seen the two of them in the same sprint car race. I always look forward to our annual trip to ohio to visit family because it includes a visit with rollie and anna mae as well. Usually there is an opportunity to visit donnie harrell's shop to see what restoration project he and rollie and some other old timers are working on. This is where the rodeo bar car was restored along with several others. Duke, i wish i could be as slim as rollie when i'm his age :thumb

hes in better shape now then in the 70 80s! But no beer!!!!!!!!!!!!! Was you at eldora when rollie showed aj had to run there! Aj tried hard but rollie won it!

[Seadog]

Happy birthday to one of the nicest and raciest guys to ever put on a racing helmet or a USAC uniform. A class act all the way. Many more Rollie.

Hey K.O. - I'd sure like to read an interview with Rollie like you did with Greg Staab.:thumb Or have you done one and I missed it?

[Scott Daloisio]

Happy Birthday to one of my first Sprint Car racing heroes. Everyone at the Rodeo Bar needs to hoist one for Rollie.

[SUPERDUKE]

Originally Posted by Scott Daloisio Happy Birthday to one of my first Sprint Car racing heroes. Everyone at the Rodeo Bar needs to hoist one for Rollie.

THE RODEO BAR IS NO MORE!!!!!!!! SORRY SCOTT I KNOW THE NEWS IS SLOW IN LA LA LAND!:rolling:rolling OSKIE CALLED TODAY AND TOLD ME HANK LOCKLAND DIED!!!!! PS WE HAD PLENTY AT THE OLD RODEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Scott Daloisio]

Originally Posted by SUPERDUKE THE RODEO BAR IS NO MORE!!!!!!!! SORRY SCOTT I KNOW THE NEWS IS SLOW IN LA LA LAND!:rolling:rolling OSKIE CALLED TODAY AND TOLD ME HANK LOCKLAND DIED!!!!! PS WE HAD PLENTY AT THE OLD RODEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, I figured that Duke. I was born and raised in Detroit and grew up around Toledo Speedway. Never went to the Rodeo Bar (I was a teenager when I moved to California), but that is a sponsor name that stayed in my head for all of these years.